What is another word for "leading"?

Roget's Thesaurus (1911) lists these synonyms for "leading": abecedarian, age, agent, alphabetarian, alumnus, amateur, and, apostle, apprentice, article, articled, auditor, babyhood, beardless, beginner, bewilder, blind, bloom, boyhood, budding, callow, canvass, catechumen, chela, childhood, class, clerk, college, commentary, commentator, conceal, condisciple, consideration, cradle, critic, criticism, critique, deal, debutant, deceive.